УДК: 520.6

Instruments for spacecraft orientation with respect to the Sun based on active-pixel detector arrays

Pirogov, M.G., Varlamov, V.I., Tsymbal, G.L., Strizhova, N.M., Gebgart, A.Y., Polkunov, V.A., Vetskus, A.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Пирогов М.Г., Варламов В.И., Цымбал Г.Л., Стрижова Н.М., Гебгарт А.Я., Полкунов В.А., Вецкус А.А. Приборы ориентации космических аппаратов по солнцу на основе матричных приёмников излучения с активными пикселами // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 12. С. 18–24.

Pirogov M.G., Varlamov V.I., Tsymbal G.L., Strizhova N.M., Gebgart A.Ya., Polkunov V.A., Vetskus A.A. Instruments for spacecraft orientation with respect to the Sun based on active-pixel detector arrays [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 12. P. 18–24.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

M. G. Pirogov, V. I. Varlamov, G. L. Tsymbal, N. M. Strizhova, A. Ya. Gebgart, V. A. Polkunov, and A. A. Vetskus, "Instruments for spacecraft orientation with respect to the Sun based on active-pixel detector arrays," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(12), 805-810 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000805

Abstract:

We describe two instruments for orientation with respect to the Sun based on active-pixel detector arrays: the 347K static high-precision instrument for orientation with respect to the Sun and the MSD miniature Sun sensor developed for small and miniature spacecraft. We describe the basic characteristics and functional operating modes of these instruments, as well as the results from ground-based and flight tests of the 347K instrument, which confirm that two coordinates of orientation can be determined within a total error of 1^′.

Keywords:

solar-oriented attitude device, visual range, ultra-wide-angle objective, active-pixel detector array

OCIS codes: 120.0120, 250.0250, 350.6090

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